Sanitary retractile razor strop



June 19, 1934. L. LYNCH SANITARYRETRACTILE RAZOR STRP Filed Feb. 25, 1955 .u nun w n w 1| T lai: n m H 1 V c m w E y l l I l l l||uw l l l l L 6 P E 5 M m n o 1 5 5 W. n l 3 M A 4 M. Y T- mwMmi 1 d B I 0 Il I' 4 s 0., 4 8 3l. a l M 6 2 leo Patented June 19, 1934 UNITED STATES y'rastaNT ori-ics 2 Claims.

v1This invention relates lto improvements in sanitary containers.

The general object of the invention -is to provide la sanitary retractile razor strop.

Another object of 'the invention is to provide a sanitary container for ya razor strop including means -to wind the 'strop `upon itself within the container.

A further object of the invention is vto provide a sanitary container for a razor strop including automatic means for retracting 'the lstrop from an extended position into the container.

-Other objectsjandfthe advantages of 'this inventionwill be apparent from the following description taken in lconnection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1' isl a side elevation of my improved sanitary container showing ya razor strop operatively associated therewith; v

`Fig. J2 is a 'front view of the device shown 'in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevation of the device with portions broken away;

Fig. 4 isan enlarged Afragmentary section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2'; and,

Fig. 5 'is an enlarged section taken on 'line 5--5 of'Fg. 1. l y

Referring to the drawing by reference characters, I .have 'indicated .my 'improved sanitary razor .strop container generally at '10. As shown the container Vis made of metal and vcomprises a Ifront wall '12, aback wall 13., side wa1ls'14'and-a bottom 15, .the .topbeing open. The .front wall 12 has a notch 16 therein adjacent Vthe top. At the bottom-of (the lnotch .16 the material of the front wall 12 may be rolled inward upon itself as indicated at 17 Fig. 4. The container is shown as provided with a clamping device 17' which includes a thumb nut 17 for securing the container in any desired position.

The open top of the container is adapted to be closed by a metal top 18 which includes side and back flanges 19 which extend downward over the sides and back of the container. The top further includes a front flange 20 which extends downward over the front wall 12 of the container to approximately in line with the bottom of the front Wall notch 16. The ange 20 has a notch 21 therein which opens through the lower edge of the ange. At the top of the notch 21 the material of the ange may be rolled inward upon itself as indicated at 22.

y The notch 16 in the front wall 12 and the notch 21 in the flange 20 of the top member form an aperture 23 leading to the interior of the container. The top is :adapted Sto gbe Isecured :to the container by a bolt 124mm a nut '.24'. Asfshown 'the ibol't l24 is positioned vin suitable apertures in fthe side flanges 1-9 fof the Atop and in aligned yaper tures in the Asides l-14 .of v:the container.

Mounted on the inner face yof each of the sides -1-4 `of the'container I show .rabbeted slide lmembers 25 lin each of which -a plate member :'26 .posif ftioned. 1Mounted on each fplate member '26 I provide an annular bearing member 27. "The @5 plates 26 and the bearings '2'7 include coaxial 4aperti-Ires 28 therein. Rotatably `positioned on the bearing members 27 I providea-sleeveZQ and positioned in the sleeve between the inner ends of the bearing -members 27 I provide a coiled torque spring 30 one end'of which is anchored xto Vlone of the bearings 27 as at 31 and the opposite endof which isanchored -to fthe sleeve 29 as-at32.

IFor retaining the ybearii'igs l2'? in vcorrect positions I `provide lpins '33 'which vare positioned in the 'bearing 'apertures28. The pins ,33 are secured tor a iiat lspring member 34 kadjacent Ione 4end thereof and the vopposite endsof the spring'members are secured to the sides r 14 .as by screws 35.

Intermediate its length the sleeve 29 includes a 'l recess 36 in "its outer surface. Mounted inthe sleeve 29 Yand traversing the recess'36 I provide a pin 37 to which is vpivotally secured within .one end of -aloop on Aa. flexible metal band38.

The opposite end of "the band"38lincludes spaced 5 :bearing Aportions i39 'in which .trunnions 40 of a yoke member-41am pivotally mounted. The yoke member 41 includes Lasemicircular portion 42 'between '.the trunnion portions wlch has an Veiongamci.510i 43 therein. Positioned ,inthe sint '90 43 I provide a'connec'torbar 44 which includes'an enlarged spherical head 45 at one end a similar head 46 at the opposite end. The bar 44 is free to rotate and slide in the slot 43 and the head 45 is adapted to work and engage the inner surface of the portion 42.

Connected to the flexible strop 38 by the bar 44 I provide a razor strop 4'7 which may be of any desired flexible type. Secured to one end of the strop 47 as by a loop member 48 I provide a metal link member 50. As shown the link member 50 is triangular in shape with the base portion 51 thereof engaged by the loop member 48. At the apex of the link member I provide an aperture 52 therethrough in which the bar 44 is positioned. The bar 44 is free to rotate in the aperture 52 and the head 46 of the bar is adapted to engage the inner surface of the link adjacent the apex thereof.

At the end opposite the link 50 the strop 47'u0 includes a suitable handle portion 53 adjacent which I provide a stop member 55. The stop member 55 is made of a flexible material such as rubber and has an aperture 56 therethrough in which the strop 47 is positioned. The aperture 56 is normally of less area than the cross sectional area of the strop so that when it is positioned on the strop it tightly grips the strop on all sides thereof. The upper and lower portions of the stop member 55 may each have a leaf spring member 57 embedded therein which tend to bow towards each other and thereby retain the upper and lower surfaces of the aperture 56 in tight engagement with the strop.

The width of the stop member 55 is greater than the width of the aperture 23 of the container so that the stop cannot pass therethrough. The rear face of the stop member 55 is preferably beveled as at 58 so that when the strop is in a retracted position the stop member 55 will wedge" in the passageway and completely block the entrance into the container.

Adjacent the bottom of the container one of Vthe side walls 14 thereof has an aperture 59 which is mounted on the adjacent side wall 14 of the container. 'Ihe gasket 61 makes a tight seal about the drawer. In use an antiseptic material 61 of any desired type either in solution or as a solid is placed in the drawer 60. When the strop is secured to the sleeve 29, thesleeve 29 and its associated bearings and bearing plates are removed from the container and the strop is wound upon itself on the sleeve 29 and then the sleeve and its associated parts are replaced in the container. Thereafter when an operator grasps the strop handle 53 and pulls the strop out of the container the unwinding of the strop rotates the sleeve 29 which in turn winds up the spring 30 thus putting a torque tension on the spring.

When the operator releases the strop the tension of the spring 30 rotates the sleeve 29 in the opposite direction and as the sleeve so rotates it winds the strop therearound and upon itself until Vthe stop member 55 on the strop engages the strop is held when it is released. Thus only when the strop is in use is it exposed to the atmosphere outside of the container and at all other times it is housed in the container wherein the atmosphere it saturated with fumes from the antiseptic material contained in the drawer which retains the strop in a sterile condition.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that I have provided a novel sanitary retractile razor strop which is simple in construction and highly eflicient in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

'1. A razor strop container comprising front, back and side walls, a cover for said container, means to secure said cover to said container, said container having an elongated aperture extending substantially the full Width of the front wall, a razor strop having a width corresponding substantially to the length of said aperture and extending therethrough, there being a second aperture in one of the other walls of said container adjacent the lower end thereof, a drawer, said drawer substantially filling said second aperture and being movable into and out of said container through said second aperture, said drawer extending substantially the full Width of the case and positioned below said razor strop, and releasable means to retain said drawer 1n position in said container. Y

2. The combination of a container and a razorr strop, said container comprising front, back and side walls, a cover for said container, means to removably secure said cover to said container, the front wall of said container having an aperture, opposed slide members mounted on the inner surface of said side walls, a bearing plate mounted to move in each of said slide members, said plates each having an annular bearing member thereon, a sleeve, said sleeve being rotatably mounted on said bearings, a torque spring po-r15 sitioned in said sleeve, one end of said spring being anchored to one of said bearings, and the opposite end of said spring being anchored to said sleeve, each of said bearings and associated plates having a coaxial aperture therein, a pin-120 positioned in each of said bearing apertures, said pins each being secured to a ilexible member and each of said flexible members being secured to said container side walls, there being a recess in said sleeve opening through the outer surface-1.25 thereof, a bar in said sleeve traversing said recess, a exible metal strap, one end of said strap being pivotally mounted on said bar and a razor strop secured to the other end of said strop.

LAWRENCE LYNCH. 1,30 

